Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Worcester County.[1] Republican Paul Frost of Auburn has represented the district since 1997.[2][3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Worcester district, Worcester and Norfolk district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives

  • John E. Fry, circa 1858 [7]
  • George E. Burt, circa 1859 [8]
  • Charles Haggerty, circa 1888 [9]
  • John F. Freeland, circa 1920 [10]
  • Frank Haskell Allen, circa 1951 [11]
  • Robert D. McNeil, circa 1975 [12]
  • Paul K. Frost, 1997-current[2][13]

See also

Images

References

  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 via Internet Archive.
  9. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
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